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how to query sqlite when there are more than one condition that needs to be met

I am using a content provider and need to query a table where one column of the row = thing1 and another column of that same row = thing2.
i know you can query a table for just one condition like:
Cursor c = contentResolver.query(content_uri, projection, variable + "='" + thing1 + "'", null, null);
now how can i query for two conditions? any help would be appreciated.

This should work:
Cursor c = contentResolver.query(content_uri, projection, "col1=? AND col2=?", args, null);
where args is a String[] of values to substitute in for the ? in the query.

Try this
Cursor c = contentResolver.query(content_uri, projection, variable + "='" + thing1 + "' AND "+variable2 + "='"+thing2+"'" , null, null);

Personal favourite and recent call list for android

I been trying out the other tutorials on the call log and favourite. But this method is always using the native android phonebook. Is there any way to make a favourite call list and recent call list just personal to my app (only my app can use it)? Any help/leads would be great.

Here is a code to get recent call list:
ContentResolver cr = getContentResolver();
String strOrder = CallLog.Calls.DATE + " DESC";
Cursor cur = cr.query(CallLog.Calls.CONTENT_URI, null, selection, null,
strOrder);
also here is a code to get your favorite contacts:
Cursor starred = cr.query(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI,null,ContactsContract.Contacts._ID + " = " + contactId + "AND" + ContactsContract.Contacts.STARRED + "= 1" ,null, null);
Hope this will help you.

android sql - how do you order your sql query by multiple columns

I am currently working on an Android project in Eclipse and i am having problems with my SQL query.
I am trying to order the query by more than two columns, currently i am doing it by KEY_DAY_ID but i want to also do it by KEY_START_TIME, but i can't get it to work
my query currently looks like this:
Cursor cursor = db.query(TABLE_SESSION, new String[] {KEY_ID, KEY_MODULE_CODE,
KEY_DAY_OF_WEEK, KEY_START_TIME, KEY_DURATION, KEY_SESSION_TYPE, KEY_ROOM},
null, null, null, null, KEY_DAY_ID + " ASC");
Please let me know your thoughts. Thank you in advance!

The last parameter in db.query() method is the order by clause (without the "order by"). All you need to do is separate both columns by a ",". So it would look like:
Cursor cursor = db.query(TABLE_SESSION, new String[] {KEY_ID, KEY_MODULE_CODE,
KEY_DAY_OF_WEEK, KEY_START_TIME, KEY_DURATION, KEY_SESSION_TYPE, KEY_ROOM},
null, null, null, null, KEY_DAY_ID + " ASC, " + KEY_START_TIME + " ASC");

This works for me
SQLiteCursor cursor = (SQLiteCursor) db.query(DbHelper.TIMES, colmn, null, null, null, null, DbHelper.TABLE_DAY + " ASC, " + DbHelper.TABLE_LECTURE_NO + " ASC",null);

Also you can do it in select line like this:
Cursor data = ddbb.rawQuery("SELECT * FROM vacations ORDER BY NAME ,MONTH , date ",null);
in previous code the first probability for the first column "NAME" then will start arrange by the Second probability "MONTH" then the third "date".....
which mean working in series
Or:
Cursor data = ddbb.rawQuery("select * from vacations where NAME = ? ORDER BY MONTH AND date ",new String[]{ns});
in previous code by using "AND" the two conditions are working together in parallel

usage of select statement in sqlite

Cursor mCursor = mDb.query(true, CUSTOMER_TABLE_NAME,
new String[] {GENERIC_ID_KEY, ADDRESS_KEY, PHONE_KEY, EMAIL_KEY,CUSTOMER_NAME_KEY},
GENERIC_ID_KEY + "=" + customerDbId, null,
null, null, null, null);
How should I modify this command if GENERIC_ID_KEY and customerDbId is string.
I tried using like in b/w but still negative results, n error is thrown.

if customerDbId is a string type then place it in between quote
as
GENERIC_ID_KEY + "= '" + customerDbId + "'"

It's a cursor problem. Be sure curser is the first state before selection.

How to filter the results of content resolver in android?

I would like to get user contacts and then append some kind of regular expression and append them to a list view. I am currently able to get all the contacts via
getContentResolver().query(People.CONTENT_URI, null, null, null, null);
and then pass them to a custom class that extends SimpleCursorAdapter.
So I would like to know how to get only the contacts that match a regular expression and not all of users contacts.

Instead of
getContentResolver().query(People.CONTENT_URI, null, null, null, null);
you should use something like
final ContentResolver resolver = getContentResolver();
final String[] projection = { People._ID, People.NAME, People.NUMBER };
final String sa1 = "%A%"; // contains an "A"
cursor = resolver.query(People.CONTENT_URI, projection, People.NAME + " LIKE ?",
new String[] { sa1 }, null);
this uses a parameterized request (using ?) and provides the actual values as a different argument, this avoids concatenation and prevents SQL injection mainly if you are requesting the filter from the user. For example if you are using
cursor = resolver.query(People.CONTENT_URI, projection,
People.NAME + " = '" + name + "'",
new String[] { sa1 }, null);
imagine if
name = "Donald Duck' OR name = 'Mickey Mouse") // notice the " and '
and you are concatenating the strings.

You can query the content provider with sql type input, the Query method is just a wrapper for an sql command.
Here is an example where I query for a Contacts name given a particular number
String [] requestedColumns = {
Contacts.Phones.NAME,
Contacts.Phones.TYPE
};
Cursor contacts = context.getContentResolver().query(
Contacts.Phones.CONTENT_URI,
requestedColumns,
Contacts.Phones.NUMBER + "='" + phoneNumber + "'",
null, null);
Note that instead of null I have parameters that build up the sql statement.
The requestColumns are the data I want to get back and Contacts.Phones.NUMBER + "='" + phoneNumber + "'" is the Where clause, so I retrieve the Name and Type where the Phone Number matches

You should be able to put a legal SQLite WHERE clause as the third argument to the query() method, including a LIKE, but there's no native REGEXP function in SQLite and Android doesn't seem to let you define your own. So depending how complex your needs are, a set of other SQLite conditions and LIKE expressions might do the trick.
See the documentation on the query method under ContentResolver and SQLite expressions.

Actually REGEXP with Calllog Content Provider works (means that regexp() function is defined for that content provider's Database https://sqlite.org/lang_expr.html#regexp)! But it is very slow: ~15 sec across ~1750 records.
String regexp = "([\\s\\S]{0,}" +
TextUtils.join("||[\\s\\S]{0,}", numbers) +
")";
cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(
CallLog.Calls.CONTENT_URI,
null,
CallLog.Calls.NUMBER + " REGEXP ?",
new String[]{regexp},
CallLog.Calls.DATE + " DESC"
);